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NSW inquiry into John Barilaro's US trade job hears top candidate was not formally offered role

A parliamentary inquiry is told it is "not correct" candidate Jenny West was fully offered the NSW trade commissioner role before former deputy premier John Barilaro was appointed.

ABC News · Jul 19, 2022

Sydney news: COVID-19 safety measures stay as public school students return for term three

MORNING BRIEFING: COVID-19 safety measures remain in place to "keep schools open", as public school students begin term three during another wave of the virus.

ABC News · Jul 18, 2022

NSW govt lawyer disputes job offer claim

Evidence given by a former public servant who said she was offered a job that eventually went to John Barilaro was "not correct", the official says.

AAP · Jul 18, 2022

Barilaro staffers called to public inquiry

Two staffers of former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro have been asked to give evidence at an inquiry into how he was appointed to a trade role in the US.

AAP · Jul 11, 2022

Sydney news: Inquiry into John Barilaro US trade appointment reveals 'something rotten' in NSW, says Labor

MORNING BRIEFING: The state opposition says there is "something rotten" in the New South Wales government after explosive evidence was given at an inquiry yesterday detailing how John Barilaro was given a plum US Trade Commissioner role after a highly qualified woman had already been offered the role.

ABC News · Jul 11, 2022

It is a text message no one has noticed, but it spells big trouble for Dominic Perrottet

This inquiry seems certain to have worse in store for Mr Perrottet, and until he clears up his own role in the saga he will be hostage to its findings.

The New Daily · Jul 11, 2022

Dream job became career curse as Barilaro pushed for new hiring process, inquiry told

Executive Jenny West was congratulated on the promotion of a lifetime, only to see the job as career ruin after it became a “present” for someone else.

The New Daily · Jul 11, 2022

Five key moments from Jenny West's evidence about John Barilaro's New York trade job

Jenny West's evidence sheds more light on the appointment of former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro to the position of senior trade and investment commissioner to the Americas. Here are five key moments from today's parliamentary inquiry hearing.

ABC News · Jul 11, 2022

‘A present for someone’: Jenny West gives explosive testimony at inquiry into John Barilaro’s NY trade job

Former senior public servant says she had been sent a brief signed by Gladys Berejiklian confirming her in the New York role

The Guardian - AU · Jul 11, 2022

Candidate Jenny West tells inquiry she was told US trade job was a 'present', before John Barilaro hired

The executive who missed out on NSW's plum New York trade role tells a parliamentary inquiry it was made clear the job 'would be a present for someone', before former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro was hired.

ABC News · Jul 11, 2022